Introductory text
Food
Made 5th December 2019
Coming into operation 14th December 2019
The Department of Healthf1, being a department designatedf2 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f3 in relation to measures relating to food (including drink) including the primary production of food makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of, and paragraph 1A of Schedule 2 to, that Act.
As required by Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safetyf4 there has been open and transparent public consultation during the preparation of these Regulations.
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Footnotes
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Formerly the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety; see 2016 c.5 (N.I.), section 1
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OJ No. L31, 1.2.2002, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 (OJ No. L198, 25.7.2019, p.241)